- Producer
- Franz Keller
- Grape variety
- Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder)
- Region
- Baden
- Country
- Germany
- Vintage
- 2022
- Alcohol
- 13 % vol
- Volume
- 0.75 l
- Item no.
- 9912023595
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Eichberg Oberrotweil Spätburgunder GG 2022
The Eichberg Oberrotweil Spätburgunder GG 2022 from Franz Keller grows on black volcanic rock in the Kaiserstuhl and shows power, dark spice and an earthy pull.
CHF 77.00
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About this wine
Character
A powerful, dark-spiced Spätburgunder that does not smooth over its volcanic origin. The colour is a medium cherry red. On the nose, bitter and herbal, with a ripe, at once sweet and sour cherry fruit, Indian spices and a touch of aged beef; a hint of cassis points to slight reduction.
Terroir and origin
The Oberrotweiler Eichberg faces south, partly southwest, with a soil of black volcanic rock. The site was planted with Burgundian clones in 1994. The Franz Keller estate farms 35 hectares in the Kaiserstuhl and works with six VDP Grosse Lage sites; since 2016 Friedrich Keller has led the house in its fourth generation, following a line of minimal intervention and precise site selection.
Grape variety and vinification
Spätburgunder, spontaneously fermented down to 1.3 grams of residual sugar, then 18 months in French barriques with 45% new oak. The wine is dry and has 13.0% ABV. The winery, acquired in 2013 and built into the slope in terraces, allows for gentle ageing based on the gravity principle. Friedrich Keller is gradually converting the estate to organic farming with biodynamic elements.
On the palate
Meaty and juicy, with forest berries and again sweet-sour cherry, plus rose, graphite and stone. The tannin still sits firm, the oak very well integrated, with ethereal notes resonating underneath.
Special features
A touch of rusticity is part of the picture here, not as a flaw but as a bond with the place: with the soil, with the earth. The estate is also home to the restaurant Schwarzer Adler, which has held a Michelin star continuously for over 55 years; Irma Keller was the first female star chef there in Germany.
